Seven or eight years ago the main weed call in wheat was Italian ryegrass. That has changed over the last several years with henbit and poa (annual bluegrass) causing the most problems in wheat. Continue reading
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Price |
Change |
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| U.S. Dollar |
80.26 |
+1.12 |
| Crude Oil |
95.94 |
-1.83 |
| Dow |
13,944 |
-66 |
Prices and comments are reported through Thursday, February 7, 2013. Corn and wheat prices are down while cotton and soybean prices are mixed for the week through Thursday. USDA will release their February 9th report at 11 a.m. Central time on Friday. Continue reading
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Price |
Change |
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| U.S. Dollar |
79.18 |
-0.64 |
| Crude Oil |
97.64 |
+1.76 |
| Dow |
14,010 |
+114 |
Corn, cotton and soybean prices are up while wheat prices are down for the week. Weather and how it will affect South American grain production has been supportive of the corn and soybean markets this week. Continue reading
Way back in December of 2011, I posted the article below. It continues to receive and good number of hits, particularly from areas that traditionally used a lot of Temik. So it seems time for an update. Continue reading
There is a new, excellent publication from the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service related to the management of Hessian fly in wheat. This publication was developed in cooperation with several other southeastern states. Continue reading
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Price |
Change |
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| U.S. Dollar |
79.82 |
+0.30 |
| Crude Oil |
95.97 |
-0.07 |
| Dow |
13,873 |
+223 |
Cotton and soybean prices are up while corn and wheat prices are down for the week. We are still seeing a certain degree of uncertainty with foreign weather keeping prices moving up or down depending on that day’s weather forecast. Continue reading
| Price | Change | |
| U.S. Dollar | 80.11 | +0.50 |
| Crude Oil | 95.39 | +1.83 |
| Dow | 13,629 | +141 |
Corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat prices are all up for the week. An up week on prices was capped with good export numbers. At times, South American weather has been supportive of prices. Even then a Continue reading
The next 4-5 weeks is the time to consider making a foliar application for aphids in wheat. I’ve discussed the potential value of managing aphids to prevent the spread of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) in a previous article. A late-winter, foliar Continue reading